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Stoma Plug or Seal

Virginia rates for HCPCS A5081

Stoma plug or seal, any type

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stoma Plug or Seal cost?

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $2.75 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$2.19 to $3.09
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.75$2.57 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.16
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$3.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$8.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.39
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$0.24
Median
$0.24
Typical High
$0.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
UE · Used equipment
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.86

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Hawaii than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 30th of 51

$2.45

HI $5.50VT $2.19

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.